DEI: Students benefit from it
Brent Regan’s opinion column in the Nov. 29 issue of the Coeur d’Alene Press was a misleading condemnation of higher education. He wants to be viewed as a “common sense” expert about all things, but it is obvious he knows little about higher education or NIC. He claims NIC’s commitment to DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) caused a decline in enrollment and that DEI was the main concern of the accreditation commission.
Mr. Regan was not paying enough attention to the many missteps of his endorsed NIC trustee majority. It was their oblivious leadership, hostile behavior and wasteful spending that contributed to diminished enrollment and necessitated an accreditation review. DEI was not openly discussed by the trustees as a destructive influence at NIC, and it was not emphasized as a positive requirement by the accreditation commission.
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